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Max Boot: President Trump has already destroyed America‘s reputation

Trump doesn’t seem to realize that a great part of America’s appeal abroad has been its role as a paragon and champion of liberal democratic values.

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, gestures beside Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte as they hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Meetings at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila, Philippines Monday Nov. 13, 2017. (Rolex dela Pena/Pool Photo via AP)

For years, as a seller of real estate and star of reality TV, Donald Trump made a living wooing customers and viewers.